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normanby

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
nor-man-by
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A small village in Burton upon Stather parish, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England; Normanby Hall and Country Park is nearby, and Normanby Park steelworks was to the south (OS grid ref SE8816).

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A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7381).

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A suburban area in Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, on the boundary with Middlesbrough (OS grid ref NZ5418).

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A hamlet in Fylingdales parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ9206).

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A former township in Grey County, Ontario, Canada, now part of West Grey.

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A large river system in northern Queensland, Australia which flows into the Pacific Ocean; in full, the Normanby River.

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A former shire in south-east Queensland.

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A five-way intersection in north-east Brisbane, Queensland; in full, Normanby Fiveways.

Etymology

"Village of the Norwegians", from Old Norse Norðmanna, genitive plural of Norðmaðr (“Norseman”) + býr (“village”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does normanby mean?
A small village in Burton upon Stather parish, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England; Normanby Hall and Country Park is nearby, and Normanby Park steelworks was to the south (OS grid ref SE8816).
Where does normanby come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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